Author: David Wiesner
Title: Flotsam
Illustrator: David Wiesner
Publisher: Clarion
Year: 2007
Genre: Caldecott
Format: Hardcover
Reading Level: Assisted, independent reader
Interest level: Pre-k, kindergarten
Topics: underwater, fish, reef, camera, adventure, people
Summary: The book starts with a boy on the beach who finds a camera. He goes to get the film developed and sees that the camera has been to many places. Its been on adventures through the sea as it is passed from photographer to photographer. In the end another child picks up the camera and begins the process all over again.
Extension Activity: Since the book it word-less, have the child make up their own story to go with the pictures. Have them draw a picture of a picture they would take with the camera.
